Issuing authority and formal coverage
- Republic Act No. 6466 is enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled.
- The Act authorizes the creation and operation of a Register of Deeds branch office under the existing system for registers of deeds.
Purpose: branch Register of Deeds
- Section 1 creates a branch office of the Register of Deeds of the Province of Quezon.
- Section 1 establishes the branch office’s permanent station at the Municipality of Gumaca, same province.
- Section 1 assigns the branch office the duty to perform all duties and functions of the register of deeds for a defined district coverage.
Geographical coverage and district constituency
- Section 1 limits the branch’s jurisdiction to the entire second congressional district of the Province of Quezon.
- Section 1 defines the second congressional district coverage by listing the Municipalities of:
- Agdangan
- Alabat
- Atimonan
- Buenavista
- Calauag
- Catanauan
- General Luna
- Guinayangan
- Gumaca
- Lopez
- Macalelon
- Mulanay
- Padre Burgos
- Perez
- Pitogo
- Plaridel
- Quezon
- San Andres
- San Francisco
- San Narciso
- Tagkawayan
- Unisan
- Section 1 requires the branch office to perform all duties and functions of the register of deeds for the municipalities listed above.
Organizational staffing and authorized appropriation
- Section 2 authorizes an appropriation out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated to carry out the Act’s provisions.
- Section 2 authorizes a total appropriation of PHP 38,070.00.
- Section 2 allocates the authorized appropriation as follows:
- One deputy register of deeds — PHP 6,798.00
- One supervising clerk I — PHP 4,544.00
- Two clerks at PHP 2,424.00 — PHP 4,848.00
- One cash clerk — PHP 2,560.00
- One janitor-messenger — PHP 2,160.00
- One laborer — PHP 2,160.00
- Sundry expenses — PHP 15,000.00
- Section 2 requires that any additional amount necessary in subsequent years shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Operational effect: assumption of duties
- Section 1 mandates that the branch office shall perform all duties and functions of the register of deeds.
- Section 1 ties the scope of “all duties and functions” to the entire second congressional district of the Province of Quezon.
Fund appropriation mechanics
- Section 2 authorizes spending the approved amount for the enumerated personnel and expenses.
- Section 2 restricts the appropriation source to funds in the National Treasury “not otherwise appropriated.”
- Section 2 provides for continuity of funding by requiring future appropriations through the annual General Appropriations Act.